February 18th 2010

weather: 4C, overcast, showers

Fairlop Waters CP/Gravel Works

• February WEBS count (Steve Bacon)
• 7 Little Grebe, 2 Great Crested Grebe
• 2 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron
• 4 Mute Swan, 13 Greylag Geese, 73 Canada Geese
• 25 Gadwall, 20 Teal, 43 Mallard, 45 Shoveler, 15 Pochard, 86 Tufted Duck,
• 25 Moorhen, 48 Coot
• 44 Golden Plover, 175 Lapwing, 13 Snipe, Green Sandpiper,
• 195 Black Headed Gull, 57 Common Gull, 11 Lesser Black Backed Gull, 16 Herring Gull
• 2 (escaped) Red Billed Teal

Hainault Forest CP:

• February WEBS count (Steve Bacon)
• 2 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Cormorant
• 3 Mute Swan, 3 Greylag Geese, 99 Canada Geese
• 11 Pochard,
• 10 Moorhen, 10 Coot (SBacon)
• 16 Blackbirds, 3 Song Thrush, 5 Robin, Wren
• 10 Blue tits, 6 Great Tit, 8 Long Tailed Tit,
• Nuthatch,
• 2 Chaffinches,
• 7 Great Spotted Woodpeckers drumming, 2 Green Woodpeckers,
• 8 Carrion Crows, 4 Magpies,
• 32 Mallard, 14 Tufted Ducks, 6 Pochard,
• Lesser Black back Gull, 4 Common Gulls, 60 Black Headed Gulls (CIS)

Ilford:

• female Sparrowhawk over South Park Drive (JMakengo)
  

South Woodford:

• Blue Tits nest prospecting in a nestbox on our wall
• Grey Heron (over) (PGordon)

Valentines Park:

• Valentino the Mediterranean Gull still present and in 95% summer plumage now
• 2 Egyptian Geese busy doing nothing
• Pair of Mute Swan on Long Water (PHopkins)

Woodford Green:

• 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker (male and female)
• many Starlings
• 5 Blackbird, 3 Dunnock, 2 Robin, Wren
• Blue Tits and Great Tits
• 5 Chaffinch, 7 Siskin (PWarne)

Woodford Green, Broadmead Estate:

• 25 Feral Pigeon
• Goldfinch
• 3 Blackbird